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Letter to the Parents |
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Dear Parent,
Many parents are apprehensive to say the least about sending their son
off to college. Never mind joining a fraternity. Parents voice
concerns about grades, hazing, and drinking. Indeed, these are all
very legitimate concerns. Here at Delta Chi we pride ourselves on
scholarship, character, and brotherhood.
Delta Chi has a very strong academic program that relies on the
experience of others inside the fraternity to help each other succeed.
This program is proven, because it is not forced and it relies on the
responsibility of your son, and the friendships built through
membership in Delta Chi. You might be skeptical as to how effective
this plan really is. Just this last spring our members achieved a higher
average GPA
than the average undergraduate student GPA. Also because associate members are required to achieve a
minimum GPA of 2.5 to be initiated into the bond of Delta Chi this
adds as an additional push to achieve good grades.
As a member of Delta Chi your son will not be subject to any hazing.
He will go through a new member education process that teaches the
history of the Greek System and Delta Chi. As a national fraternity,
Delta Chi prides itself as being the first fraternity to abolish the
hazing events of “hell week”. Since 1929 the Delta Chi fraternity has
been hazing free and follows this very strictly. In addition to this,
BGSU also has created numerous rules to stop hazing, and any chapter
found guilty is subject to removal from the campus. BGSU has also
founded a
"Hazing Hotline" for anonymously reporting hazing 24 hours/day.
(For more information on this, please follow the link) Finally, state
laws strictly prohibit hazing in any campus organization or sports
team.
Over the past 30+ years fraternities have been stereotyped as binge
drinking and drug abusing organizations. Because of the organized
nature and focal point that a fraternity creates on a campus,
fraternities were an obvious victim of stereotyping that in actuality
plagues the university as a whole. As you know your son is more than
capable of going to parties and drinking without being a member of a
fraternity, but as a member of Delta Chi he participates in events
that are strictly monitored by a risk management officer. Also members
are held responsible to follow the rules set forth by our national
headquarters and the Fraternal Insurance Purchasing Group.
Membership in Delta Chi will give to your son numerous experiences and
memories that will help shape his life for the better. Parents are
encouraged to participate in events along with their son and may sit
in on any chapter meeting. I look forward to seeing you in the future!
If you are still feeling apprehensive, you may contact me by any of
the following methods:
Phone: (937) 974-7516
Email: cguyer@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Sincerely,
Calvin Guyer
Delta Chi Recruitment Chair |
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Finding the Delta Chi House |
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Delta Chi Fraternity
Fraternity Row
1217 East Wooster St.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
(419) 372-8326
The Delta Chi house
is located on Fraternity Row, right off of Wooster Street, and can
be located on the
BGSU map as location
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